Medical Tourism Bangkok Thailand Costs

Procedure	USA	Singapore	Thailand	India
Heart Bypass	130,000	18,500	11,000	10,000
Heart Valve Replacement	160,000	12,500	10,000	9,000
Angioplasty	57,000	13,000	13,000	11,000
Hip Replacement	43,000	12,000	12,000	9,000
Hysterectomy	20,000	6,000	4,500	3,000
Knee Replacement	40,000	13,000	10,000	8,500
Spinal Fusion	62,000	9,000	7,000	5,500

Thailand is not the only Asian country experiencing a major surge in what has recently become known as “medical tourism.” Singapore, Malaysia and India are also rapidly adjusting to the new phenomenon, albeit at a much slower rate than Thailand. One of the reasons why Thailand is so far ahead of many other countries in the world, and some experts would rightly name the nation as the pioneer in the field, in regards to the medical tourism industry is the fact that Thai hospitals and medical facilities are able to reduce their prices to levels much lower than those in other nations without sacrificing the high standards of quality and care that their patients receive.

Other Asian nations, primarily India, can offer treatments and surgeries at much lower costs than those that can be found in Thailand. However, the quality of care and standard of treatment in these nations are affected because of the extremely low costs. Doctors and hospitals in India are suffering because of these institutions’ desire to obtain a larger market share of the medical tourism industry.

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